Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told reporters," This enormous pandemic can only be dealt with when all

, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Thursday( Dec 16). The case, an employee at the Wisma Atlet

JAKARTA, March 31( Xinhua)--Dengue fever cases in Indonesia in the first quarter of 2024 has increased almost three times compared to the same period last year, said the Ministry of Health on Sunday. According to the ministry, the number of cases has reached 43, 271 by the 12th week of 2024, among which 343 people died. Masdalina Pane, head of the Professional Development Division of the Association of Indonesian Epidemiologists, said that the current trend of increasing dengue cases had occurre

" There's more Omicron now, so I feel relieved."" For me, for my family, this will protect our health," agreed Rosita Wati, 62, also in the line.... President Joko Widodo announced Tuesday that boosters would be offered free for all those eligible, after initial discussion about charging for boosters sparked controversy.... The booster rollout, for which the Sinovac, Astra Zeneca, Pfizer and Zifivax vaccines have been approved, is running in parallel with the main COVID-19 vaccination programm

A man receives a booster shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a third-dose vaccination campaign at South Tangerang Regional General Hospital in Tangerang, Indonesia, on Jan.... Some 117 million people in Indonesia have already received two doses of the vaccine.... " This effort is important to increase the immunity of society, considering the COVID-19 virus keeps mutating," President Joko Widodo said Tuesday....

JAKARTA( Reuters)-Indonesia's government on Monday agreed to boost its coronavirus healthcare budget and introduce telemedicine services to non-critical patients, in an effort to reduce pressure on a health system choked by days of record COVID-19 cases.... Indonesia is battling one of Asia's worst coronavirus epidemics, fueled by the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant first identified in India. Authorities on Monday reported 558 new deaths, a second day of record fatalities, a

JAKARTA( REUTERS)-Indonesia has approved the Sinovac Biotech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 6-11, its food and drug agency said on Monday( Nov 1), following the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for younger kids. Until Monday, Indonesia had cleared the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine only for people aged 12 and above, of which it has the most amount in its arsenal with over 200 million doses.Ms Penny K. Lukito, chief of the agency BPOM, told a news confer

Workers in protective suits prepare to lower a coffin containing the body of a COVID-19 victim into a grave at Cipenjo cemetery in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on July 14, 2021.... " Emergency social restrictions are still inadequate.... A month ago, daily cases were running at about 8, 000....

REUTERS/ Willy Kurniawan/ File Photo The global surge in cases is highlighting the widening gap in inoculation rates between wealthy and poor nations.... The country accounts for one in every five deaths reported worldwide each day.... The city had reported no local cases since mid-May last year. The variant, first detected in India, is as contagious as chickenpox and spreads far more easily than the common cold or flu, the CDC said in an internal document.A key issue, said Dr....

JAKARTA, Indonesia( AP)--With his aunt gasping for breath at home from her COVID-19 infection, 17-year-old Ridho Milhasan took matters into his own hands Wednesday and went to find her some oxygen.... After his uncle scrounged an empty tank from a friend, Milhasan found an oxygen filling station in southern Jakarta, waited in the long line of others also in desperate need, and emerged triumphantly after three hours with the supply he needed.... Hospitals are bursting beyond capacity and oxygen